Memo: New psychoactive substances: European Parliament committee backs Commission proposal

On the 10 March 2014, the proposals to strengthen the European Union’s ability to respond to new psychoactive substances used as alternatives to illicit drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy made important progress.

The new rules proposed by the Commission will equip the EU with a quicker and smarter system to help protect more than 2 million people in Europe who take pills or powders sold to them as ‘legal’.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation Of The European Parliament And Of The Council on new psychoactive substances http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-new-psychoactive-substances/

ESO: Background information: Report on the risk assessment of 4-methylamphetamine in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-on-the-risk-assessment-of-4-methylamphetamine-in-the-framework-of-the-council-decision-on-new-psychoactive-substances/

ESO: Background information: Report on the risk assessment of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-on-the-risk-assessment-of-5-2-aminopropylindole-in-the-framework-of-the-council-decision-on-new-psychoactive-substances/

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